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Working from 9 to 6? An Analysis of In-Home and Out-of-Home Working Schedules

UCD-ITS-RP-10-60

Journal Article

Sustainable Transportation Center, Urban Land Use and Transportation Center

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Suggested Citation:
Alexander, Bayarma, Martin Dijst, Dick Ettema (2010) Working from 9 to 6? An Analysis of In-Home and Out-of-Home Working Schedules. Transportation 37 (3), 505 - 523

The widespread adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT) and flexible work arrangements have enabled people to schedule their work activities in more flexible ways. New forms of working have already emerged. However, research about flexible work schedules is still scarce. The aim of this study is to determine the factors impacting the propensity to adopt a flexible work schedule, and establish how and to what extent the timing of work is influenced by ICTs, work, and sociodemographic characteristics. The analysis suggests that work-related characteristics and ICT usage seem to be more important for work-schedule flexibility than sociodemographic characteristics are.

Keywords: work activity, working schedule, start and end time, ICT, the Netherlands